Egypt
Queen Sesheshet Found?
A despoiled mummy of what appears to be the mother of the old kingdom ruler Teti has recently been found within the burial chamber of her ruined pyramid.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090108/sc_nm/us_egypt_mummy
and here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7818735.stm
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Teti And Sesheshet
haaretz.com (Ran Shapira) The Egyptian researchers who, in early January, entered the burial room in the latest pyramid to be discovered in Saqqara, south of Cairo, labored for five hours before they could lift the lid of the sarcophagus within. Inside...
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Old Kingdom Mummy Thought To Be Queen Seshestet Found
When I fired up Outlook this morning my eyes nearly popped out of my head - dozens of emails alerting me to the fact that the remains of a mummy thought to be that of Queen Seshestet the mother of the Pharaoh Teti, have been found in the remains of a...
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The Mummy On The Boat
In the summer 2012 issue of KMT magazine we find on pages 34 and 35 images recently found in Milan's Egyptology archives. One photograph of the mummy on the boat found in the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of Kings, KV35 displays the position...
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The Great Pyramid Shafts
The shafts that extend from the northern and southern walls of the Queens chamber have been found to have doors with copper bolts inside them. Perhaps behind one of these doors we will find a sarcophagus containing the missing mummy of Khufu's mother...
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Mother Of The Old Kingdom
This is an article on the Queen Sesheshet of the old kingdom who's pyramid and mummy were recently found. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077147.html...
Egypt